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K. WIESSNER. MATCH MACHINE.

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MATCH MAGI'IINE. (Application led Apr. 7, 1900.)

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cna Modem' .OOOQOOOOOOOOOOCOOO THE NoRms PETERS co, PHOTQLITHQ. WASHINGTON. b. c.

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MATCH MACHINE l (Application led Apr. 7, 1900.) v v (No Model.) 6 Sheets'Sheet 3.

Patented may 2o, |902.

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MATCH MAcHlNE.

(Application led Apr. 7, 1900.)

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No. A700,392. .Patented May' 20', |902.

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MATCH MACHINE.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

KARL wmssNER, oF RADEBERG, GERMANY.

VMATCH-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 700,392, dated May 20, 1902.

Application iiled April 7, 1900. i Serial No. 11,985. (No model.)

T all 'wtont t may concern: Be it known that I, KARL WIESSNER, a subject of the King of Saxony, residingat 10 trough, a cooling-box, anda fan.

Fabrikenstrasse, Radeberg, in the Kingdom of Saxony and Empire of Germany, have invented new and useful Improvements in Machines for Making Wax and Like Matches, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to lmachines for making wax and like matches, which consist of a wick or thread coated with wax or similar vegetable, animal, orv mineral materials and furnished with a head for ignition by a continuous series of operations.l

The improved match-making vmachine is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein-- Figures 1 and 2 are side elevations 4representing the front or lirst part of the machine, comprising a spool frame or table, a wax- Figs. 3 and 4 are side elevations of the second part" of the machine, which comprises the devices forclamping, cutting, dipping, and removing the wax-coated threads or the strips forming the matches and the driving mechanism of the machine. Fig. 5 is a transverse` section showing the device for closing the clamping-springs upon theconveyer-bars and for locking and unlocking such springs. Fig. 6 shows details of thevlocking device, and Fig.

' 7 details of a device for turning theconveyei'-,4

bars. Fig. 8 is a transversesection showing the device for cutting the wax-coated wicks or threads into lengths forming the matchstrips. Fig. 9 is a transverse section representing the device for lifting the matches off the conveyer bars. Fig. l0 is a vertical transverse section showing the device for closing the clamping-springs upon the conveyer-bars and the guide for such springs at the front part of the machinel Fig. 1l is a similar vertical transverse section showing the device for closing, locking, and unlocking the springs of the conveyer-bars and also the guide for such springs at the rear part .of

Vthe machine.

In carrying my inventiorinto practice I arrange'in front of the frame a ot' the machine a portable frame or table b, carrying a number of spools b from which the threads c pass over small guide-pulleys c7, held by an arm a', secured to the front end of the said .frame a, Fig. 1. From these pulleys cfthe threads c pass through a comb c2, designed to obviate their entanglement,to a guide-roller c3, held by brackets on the top-of the frame a, and thence to a guide roller o4. This guide-roller c4 is arranged in a trough d, serving for the reception of the wax or like material and adapted to be heated by steam,

which is introduced into a box d below the said trough d, with the object of melting the material'in the trough aud keeping itin asuitable condition.A On leaving the guide-rollers c4 t the threads o pass to the end ol'i the trough d at 4such a depth below the surfaceof the'molten wax material that they will receive a coating of the required thickness. In this state the threads are conducted through funnels or 'draw-rings (l-provided at the rear of the waxtrough d, and having for their object to re- `move any supertluousmaterial and to give them a rou nd shape, whereupon they traverse a box d'which has no heating arrangement, thus allowing the coating on the threads to set, Fig. l. As the waxcoated threads c pass from the box d3 they are caused to move through draw-rings d4, which are heated a little by means of a small steam-pipe d5 in order that besides reducing the coating to exactly the required thickness such coating may receive 'av polished surface. The coated threads are next conducted through acooling-box d, Fig. 2, into which a current of cold'air is forced through the intervention of a fan 17, arranged on the frame a, which also carries at the rear of the said box a comb d8, serving to maintain the coated threads in their proper path, so as to preclude entanglement. In their further passage the wax-threads c,which have by-this time obtained the requisite rigidity, reach the frame e of the machine, Fig. 3, which is placed at the rear of the frame c, Figs. 1 and 2, and are taken up by a conveyor consisting of endless chains f, which are arranged to run around pulleys f. on either side of the frame e, and ofbars g,jcarried by the chains and adapted to be turned therein. The chains fare guidedbymeans of angle-irons c', secured to the top and bottomzpa'rts' of this frame e, Figs. 3 and 5.

Each of the conveyer-bars g is furnished on the top with a spring g', hinged thereto by one IOOl of its extremities at g2, while the other extremity is adapted to be locked with the aid of a spring hook or catch g3 against the tension of the spring, which enables it to turn backward on the release of its free extremity,Figs. 5, (i, 9,and ll, the object of the springs heilig to clamp the wax-threads upon the bars for conducting them over the top part of the machine for further treatment. lith this object the clamping-springs g, while the conveyer-bars move upward with the endless chainsf in front of the frame e, Fig. 3, are released by the catches ggand thrown baekward,by reason of their elasticity, so as not to obstruct the movement of the wax-threads c coming from the frame a. On reaching the top of the machine the springs g come in contact with a curved guide e2, fixed to the frame e and serving to turn them forward gradually, so as not to disturb the position of the threads c on the hars g, Fig. l0. Then the front extremities of the springs are taken hold of in succession by an arm 7L, designed to force them downward into engagement with the spring hooks or catches g3, thereby clamping the wax-threads c upon the conveyor-bars g, The arm 7L, which has a spring fork or gripper 7L at its front end, is pivoted in a bracket on one side of the frame e and is connected at its rear end with a rod h2, furnished below with a pin engaging with the groove of a cam h3, which is actuated by one of the driving-shafts i of the machine through the intervention of gearwheels 7L, h5, and It. By this means an oscillating movement is imparted to the aforesaid arm 7L, which working intermittently depresses each of the clamping-springs g as they come within its sphere of action, Fig. 5. After the wax-threads c have thus been clamped by the springs g upon thecon veyerbars g they proceed to the cutting device, Figs. and 8, which is designed to eut the wax-thread c between every two such bars into lengths corresponding each to the total length of two matches. This device comprises an upper knife j and a lower knife j',

which when they are not cutting leave an in-` terval between them for the passage of the conveyer-bars g. The ends of the upper knife are held in slotted guides j?, secured to the frame e. These guides may be vertical, as shown, but are generally more or less inclined to facilitate the cutting action. Rods jconnect the ends of the knifej with the ends of lever-armsj, pivoted at and carrying f riction-rollers j, adapted to run upon the peripheries of cams f on the driving-shaft 1l in order to impart reciprocating movement of the uppe1'knifej,wl1ile the lower kuifej receives similar but opposite movement from the same camsj7 and lever-arms t7'4 through the medium of rods jg and of leversjg, pivoted to bracketsj10 on the frame e, Figs. 3 and 8. The lengths. or strips thus cut and held horizontally upon the bars g are now conveyed to a trough k, containing ignition material, for the purpose of being furnished with a head at either end. Before the conveyerbars g pass above the said trough they have to make a quarter of a turn in order to place the strips c vertically, Fig. One end of each bar g extends for this purpose to the outside of one ofthe endless chains j', wherein the bars can turn, and has secured to it a square head g4, furnished with lugs g5 and arranged to slide upon a guide-bar e3, fixed to the frame e, Figs. 5 and 7. As each of the bars g approaches the trough 7c one of the lugs g5 on its head glstrikes against a fixed pin c", causing a corner of such head to slide into a notch or recess e5 in the guide-bar es, so that in the continued sliding movement of the head the next face of the square will bear upon the guide-bar., Fig. 7. Thile the matchstrips are thus held vertically upon the bar g above the trough 7c the latter is caused to move upward to such an extent that the ignition material contained therein will cover their lower ends to form the heads of the matches, whereupon the trough returns to its former position. This reciprocating movement is communicated to the trough by the two driving-shafts t' through the medium of eccentrics 7.3/ and eccentric-rods k2, made in two parts and connected by nuts 7t3,which engage right-handed and left-handed screwthreads on the two parts of the rods and carry hand-wheels to facilitate the adjustment required for varying the length of the rods according to the level of the ignition material in the trough t. After the match-strips have been provided with a head at one of their ends the square head g4 of each conveyor-bar g` as it slides along on the guide-bar c3 strikes with its lugs g5 twice in succession against a fixed pin e4 and drops into notches or recesses e5, (such as shown in Fiff. 7,) so as to cause the said bar by making two quarters of a turn to hold the other ends of the strips downward before the barg passes above a second trough 7:; for furnishing these ends with heads in the samemanner and by exactly similar devices as before described, Fig. 3. The match-strips having been prepared thus far, the conveyer-bar g is caused to make a fourth quarter of a turn in order to place them again in the horizontal position on this bar, whereupon the latter passes to a device designed for releasing the end of the clamping-spring g' .from the catch g3 for the purpose of enabling the match-strips to be removed, Figs. 4, 5, and 6. This device has a hook-shaped lever m, pivoted in a bracket `m on the frame c and connected by a rod m2 with the pin of a crank-disk fm on a shaft which is held in a bracket m and carries a bevel-wheel m5, gearing with a bevel-wheel m6 on one of the driving-shafts of the machine. In the downward movement of the hook-shaped arm of the lever m the hook engages with the catch g3 and sets the clam pingspring g' free, Fig. t5. This spring, owing to its elasticity, is thrown upward into contact with a curved guide c", Fig. 1l, which allows IIO pass above a U-shaped box-or channel n, toy

which an upWard-and-downward movement is imparted in order to lift the match-strips off the bars. The channel n, whichis guided in its vertical movement by means of slides n', fixed to it, and guides n2, fixed to the frame e, is connected by rodsrt3 with lever-arms n4, pivoted to brackets a5 and carrying frictionrollers n, which bear upon the peripheries of cams 117, secured on the two driving-shafts of the machine. The match-strips-are removed by hand from the channel??J and subsequently cut inthe middle. After the convcyer-bars have left the channel n and proceed toward the end of the machine the clamping-springs g', which were turned completely backward, Figs. 4 and 9, are gradually moved forward again by the second half of the guide e6, Fig. 11, and are then taken hold of by the end of the arm h, which forces their-extremities un-' derV the spring hooks or catches g3, Figs. 4" and 5.

Then the clamping-bars g are conveyed by the endless chains f down the rear end of the frame e and' forward at the lower part to the front end of this frame, where as:

they move upward the-clamping-springs g are released again from the spring hooks or catches g3 by another hooked lever' m, connected by a rod m2 with a crank-disk m3,

whose shaft is operated through bevel-wheels' by one ofthe driving-shafts i, Figs. 3 and.

The 4driving mechanism is provided at the rear end of the machine and, as shown by way of example, comprises belt-pulleyslo,

keyed upon a transverse shaftof, which car-- ries a toothed pinion 02,' gearing with a toothed wheel'osupona second transverse shaft o4.- Upon this shaft are -keyed two bevel-wheels.

arranged to mesh with bevel-wheels o5, se-

cured upon the rear ends of the aforesaid two drivingshafts t. The second Atransverse shaft o4 has also arranged uponit a disk o6, upon the face of which are adjustably piv- Otedl the. pawls 07', serving to operate ratchetwheels o8 on the shaft o9 vof the pulleys f,-

while stop-pawls'ow prevent the back movement during the time the pawls o7 accomplish their return movementto'engage the next'v teethof the ratchet-wheels. By this means intermittent forward movement is impartedV tothe endless chains f and rotary movement to the two driving-shafts ,-the movements of thevarious devices being of course timed for enabling them to perform the operations hereinbefore set forth.

It may be observed that when the machine is first set in operation it is necessary to conduct the threads from the spools by hand through the front-part of the machine in they manner specified and to lay theirends on the conveyer-bars, upon which as the machine" What I claim as` my invention, Aandfdesire to secure-byLettersPatent, is- 1 1. In a match-machine of the class described c.

the combination of a portableframe-,spools carried thereby, -a` stationary: frame 'Y Vhaving arms which-carry guide-rollers for the threads-"- coming from the spools, a wax-trough having Iguide-rollers infront and draW-ringsfatitsf end for the passage of the1thread's,-a steam-` box, a' cooling-box` havin-gdraw-rings ,at :itsend, a Acooling-box y:furnished with a fan;y vcombs to guide the threads, axpair of endless f chains passing around pulleys at the endsof a frame and'guided-byangle-irons secured-t0 thetop and bottom parts of'said frame', conveyer-bars lhaving clamping-springs hinged to one end of them and catches fixed totheV other end of the same, an arm'pivoted to the spring'with said catches, substantially-as specified. t Y 2.V In a match-machine of the class described the combination-with a pair of endless chains to which intermittent motion is imparted; conveyer-bars havingclamping-springs "hingedto them for-holding the match-ithreadsthere'- ICO on, and catches locking the springs uponjthe bars,f0f an upperiknife heid by its -endsrin slotted guides and connected'by rods to vle'- said lever-arms for imparting opposite movement to said knives, substantiallyas specified.

passing'around pulleys at'the ends ofi'alframei V1 1o Atom parts of Saidframe, conveyer-bar's hav--aand guided by angle-irons at thetop'andfbotver-arms bearing-upon camsfanda lower" knife pivoted tollevers connectedbyrods to ing clamping-springs hingedto oneend ofthe bars and catches fixed to the other end ofi-the 1 same, of square heads arranged -on'one end f' of the bars and furnished Withpins, guide- IIS.. bars secured to the frame' and-forming a slid ing surface-for the heads, said guide-barsbe'- ing provided 'with notches and' pins, with l which the square heads and-pins engage-in the forward'movement of the-conveyer-bars,

substantially as specified. v

4. In a match-machine of the class described the combination with a pair ofendless chains passing around pulleys at' the rends of theframe and guided byangle-irons at -theltop'' and bottom ,parts of'saidframeyconveyerf bars having clamping-springshinged to one end of the bars and catches fixed to thefother 1 end of the same, a trough containing-ignition l material, eccentric-rods attached thereto and made in vtwo parts connected by nuts engaging with right and-left handed 'screw-threads, i

and eeeentries adapted to impart reciprocating movement to said trough, substantially as specified.

5. In a match-machine of the Glass described the combination, with a pair of endless chains passing around pulleys at the ends of a frame and guided by angle-irons at the top and bottom parts of said frame, conveyer-bars having elampiugsprings hinged to one end of the bars and catches fixed to the other end of the same, of hook-shaped levers pivoted in brackets on the frame, crank-disks connected by rods to said levers, and by bevel-gear to the driving-shafts of the machine to release the clamping-springs from said catches, substantially as speeilied.

G. In a match-machine of the class described ihecombination, with a pair of endless Chains passing around pulleys at the ends of a frame an d guided at the top and bottom parts of said frameonveyer-bars having elampn g-sprin gs hinged to one end of the bars and catches fixed to the other end of the same, a channel adapted to he moved upward and downward in guides on the frame, lever-arms bearing upon cams on the driving-shafts and connected to the channel by rods, substantially as specified.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

KARL WIESSNER.

-Witnesses:

FELIX F. LOEPER, E. LoEPEn. 

